The investigator for the California Division of Industrial Welfare testified that over 90 percent of all agricultural employees are in violation of the law. endangering consumers as well as farmworkers. The Sacramento superior court. in light of this evidence. ordered the department of employment to investigate agricultural employer field conditions before referring workers to farmwork. Other recent CRLA cases involve. first. a claim of unfair competition by growers who knowingly. deliberately. and systematically employ illegal aliens costing U.S. farmworkers and taxpayers $131 million a year in wages and welfare support. second. a ruling by a Federal court in San Francisco that the welfare department may no longer require needy Catholic mothers to file for divorce in order to qualify for immediate aid for their children. third. suits to compel enforcement of State laws establishing the minimum wage for women and minors in agriculture. Again this suit was won. fourth. a case challenging the exclusion of farmworkers from unemployment compensation. pointing out an estimated annual savings in California welfare costs of over $7 million. and fifth. a petition to the Food and Drug Administration to eliminate the tolerance on DDT because scientific evidence shows that the chemical causes cancer in test animals. Less than 30 days after the petition was filed.
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